Forest City vs Kilbourne

A side-by-side comparison of Forest City and Kilbourne: population, income, housing, and more.

Forest City and Kilbourne are places in Illinois. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Kilbourne has the higher population (272 vs 225 in Forest City). Forest City has the higher median household income ($63,125 vs $40,625 in Kilbourne). Forest City has the higher median home value ($70,000 vs $69,200 in Kilbourne).

Population, income & housing

	Forest City	Kilbourne
Population	225	272
Median age	38.6 yrs	33.5 yrs
Median household income	$63,125	$40,625
Median home value	$70,000	$69,200
Median gross rent	$920	$695
Housing units	102	142
Homeownership rate	71.0%	67.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.4%	7.1%
Unemployment rate	18.3%	16.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Forest City	Kilbourne
Population	283 → 225 (-20.5%)	274 → 272 (-0.7%)
Median household income	$44,688 → $63,125 (+41.3%)	$39,821 → $40,625 (+2.0%)
Median home value	$61,700 → $70,000 (+13.5%)	$54,300 → $69,200 (+27.4%)
Median gross rent	$713 → $920 (+29.0%)	$670 → $695 (+3.7%)

Forest City

Population

283225

Median household income

$44,688$63,125

Median home value

$61,700$70,000

Median gross rent

$713$920

Kilbourne

Population

274272

Median household income

$39,821$40,625

Median home value

$54,300$69,200

Median gross rent

$670$695

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Forest City	Kilbourne
Under 5	6.7%	4.4%
5 to 17	17.8%	32.4%
18 to 24	5.8%	6.6%
25 to 34	12.4%	9.9%
35 to 44	10.7%	11.8%
45 to 54	10.7%	8.1%
55 to 64	11.6%	11.8%
65 to 74	18.2%	9.2%
75 and over	6.2%	5.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Forest City	Kilbourne
White (non-Hispanic)	89.3%	98.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.4%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	2.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Forest City	Kilbourne
No high school diploma	8.3%	11.7%
High school graduate	49.7%	46.1%
Some college or associate's	28.7%	35.1%
Bachelor's degree	12.1%	4.5%
Graduate or professional degree	1.3%	2.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Forest City	Kilbourne
Drove alone	78.4%	96.5%
Carpooled	9.5%	1.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.5%	0.0%
Other means	2.7%	2.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Forest City	Kilbourne
1-unit, detached	87.3%	90.8%
1-unit, attached	2.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.8%	9.2%

Poverty & households

	Forest City	Kilbourne
Poverty rate	28.4%	20.2%
Average household size	2.42	2.72
Mean commute (minutes)	31	36
Median year structure built	1962	1962